電灯

でんとう
dentou

electric light

What does 電灯 mean?

電灯 is a Japanese noun meaning “electric light” in English. It is written as 電灯 in kanji, でんとう in hiragana, and dentou in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N4 vocabulary.

Example sentences

暗くなったので電灯をつけました。

It had got dark, so I switched on the light.

昔はこの村に電灯がありませんでした。

This village used to have no electric light.

Words sharing kanji with 電灯

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